Music and the like cover.



J. NQDEAN.

MUSIC AND THE LIKE COVER.

APPLIOATION IILED JULY 2'7, 1908.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

749a'fness 6 Jtt'vrzwy UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH NORMANTON DEAN, OF STOGKPORT, ENGLAND.

MUSIC AND THE LIKE COVER.

Specification of Letters Yatent. Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

Application filed July 27, 1908. Serial No. 445,681. To all whom it mayconcern: ed to clip around the end of the band or Be it known that I, Josnrn NORMANTON cord instead of as hitherto with an eye for DEAN, asubject of Great Britain, residing the band or cord to pass through andbe at Stockport, in the county of Chester, Engtied into a knot. The saidhook extends latland, Kingdom of Great Britain, have inerally from itsshank and its limbs are at an vented new and useful Improvements in andincline to each other and to the shank, and Connected with Music and theLike Covers, the inner limb longer than the outer limb. of which thefollowing is a specification. The said hook is adapted to engage on aThis invention relates to improvements in 1 plate or bar 6 having abeveled edge 9 and that type of covers for music and the like recessforming a groove it behind, the free which are furnished with removablebinders end entering the said groove and the part consisting of anelastic band or cord, adaptnear the shank being close upon the said edto be placed into the folds of the music beveled edge so as to bring thehook away and having at each end a fastening, say such from the music orthe like and thereby preas' a hook received by a correspondingly ventthe same being torn.

1 claim:

shaped rod or part of the top of the cover.

1. In and connected with a music cover,

he object of my invention is to so form and secure the said fastening tothe said a binder comprising an elastic band and a elastic band or cordand bar or part at the l sheet metal fastening at each end, the said topand bottom of the cover receiving the fastening having a split tubularshank same, that the music will lie perfectly flat adapted to clip thesaid band and a V shaped and is not liable to cut when sliding down hooklaterally extending from the said and that the attachment of thefastening to shank the limbs of the said hook being at an the said cordor band is greatly facilitated l incline to each other and the saidshank and and the fastening rendered more secure inner limb longer thanthe outer limb, subthereon. I attain these objects by the meansstantially as and for the purpose set forth. illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in 2. In and connected with a music cover, whichabinder comprising an elastic band and a Figure l is a detached frontview and Fig. sheet metal fastening at each end, the said 2 a detachedsectional side view of a binder fastening having a split tubular shankfastening and means for receiving the same adapted to clip the saidband, in combina- 1'01'1116tl and arranged in accordance with my tionwith a beveled edge and recess behind it invention. at the top andbottom of the cover back re- Siniilar letters refer to similar partsceiving the said fastening, substantially as throughout the severalviews. and for the purpose set forth.

In carrying out my invention and refer- In testimony whereof I havesigned my ring to the figures generally, a is the cover name to thisspecification in the presence of back, I) theh elastic band orl'1 cordwith the two subscribing witnesses. fastening t ereon, and e t e plateor ar which receives the same at the top and bot- JOSEPH NORMANTON DEANtom of the cover. The said fastening I Witnesses: form of sheet metalwith a V-shaped hook 0 ALFRED BossnAnn'r, and an open or split tubularshank d adapt- I STANLEY E. BRAMALL.

